Communications services companies rose as traders chased gains in some of the fastest-rising stocks of 2024.

Netflix shares rose almost 3% to top $600 for the first time since the pandemic lockdowns.

Zoom Video Communications, another pandemic-era darling, rose 8% to top $68, but the video-conferencing software maker's shares are still a fraction of their value at the 2020 peak.

Sean Bailey, who has overseen live-action movies for Walt Disney's namesake studio since 2010, will step down.


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